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The Air Force's first Space Based Space Surveillance satellite is now on orbit and has transmitted its first signals from space, indicating that it is functioning properly so far, officials with prime contractor Boeing announced, Sept. 26, 2010. They said they expected the satellite, built to detect and track orbiting space objects from space, will be turned over to the Air Force and ready to perform its mission within 60 days. Here, an Orbital Sciences Minotaur IV launch vehicle carries SBSS into space after its launch from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., Sept. 25, 2010. Ball Aerospace manufactured the satellite as part of Boeing's industry team.